Horse-detacher.



l. L. PENSE.

HORSE DETACHEB. APPLICATION FILED llAYl3,-l9l6.

Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

. IRL rENsE, or iaonnsrn nn, soU'r H DAKOTA.

w r oasmm eem To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, IRL L.

zen of the United States, residing at Bonesteel, in the county of Gregory and State 5 of South Dakota, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Horse-Detachers, of which the following is a specificaevener bar, and which may beappliedto the t'onguesof all wagons or other vehicles.

A further object of this. inventionis to provide a mounting'for the evener bar upon between the evener bar and the; tongue as much as possible and which willabsolutely release the evener bar from its-engagement with theftongue when the detaching device is operated; r

of. this character. in which there are practically no projections: which will be liable to engage the evener bar. and prevent or 1mpede itsrelease from the tongue.

' of the following'description'.

The invention is'illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

40 Figure. 1 is a side elevation ot-atongue with my detaching device applied thereto,

j the evener bar being in section;

Fig. 2 1s a top plan vlew of the construc tion shown in Fig. 1; v V

Fig. 3 is a perspective vlew ofthe plate 19; Fig; 1 is a. vertical section through the evener bar and the plates 16- andr19-.- J

Referring to these drawings, 10. desi'g nates a tongue-of any usual or suitable construction, and. 11 any suitableor usual yoke.

lvlountedruponi the upper face or the tonge V is-a plate 12 which isztastened tothetongne in any suitable manner at the base thereozt,

' Jasby means-oiboltszor. rivetsl3, thisyplate being formed. K

' Hinged to th s, hinge bearl by means o th to 1 provide. a ,hinge bead. 14c,

'S'pecification'of rampa e.

PENsE, a citiconnection between the tongue and; the:

the tongue which will reduce the friction 'A- further object is "toiprovide a device Other objects" will appear 1n the course Patented' Feb; 20, 1917;

Application fi1ed'May1-3,19'16.- Samara-97,3551.

pintle 15 is a metallic strip 16 which is upwardly bowed; or bentand'which is formed intermediate: of its ends with a concavoconvex socket 17 and at its extremity with a' perforation ld Attached to the upperface of the tongue-forward ot the plate 12" is-a plate 19 which at-itsmiddle is enlargedas at 20' and at the center of this' enlargement the plateisidepressed-so as to form a socket 21 disposed ordinarily exactly op; posite the socket '17: formed in the strip 16.

This plate 19 is attached to the tongue inv any. suitable manner, as by belts or rivets, and at its forward end has the'lateral upwardly extending flanges22 each of which is notched as iL-i1 f23, these flangesibeing. beveled; towardtheir rear end somewhat.

The plate. 19 at its forward end is alsoprovided with the upwardly projecting, stud. 24 adapted to be inserted through the opening 1-8 in the strip 16,-. For thepu-rpose of locking. the strip 16 into operative engagement with the plate 19 and preventing the" detachment of the stud 2 1 from the perforation 18, I mountjupon the under side of the: tongue the approximately urshaped resilient, member 25 which is bent to forn'i a base restinga-gainst the tongue, then extends downward in. acurve and then rear-j ward to form the resilientleat 26'. The extremityof-this leaf is bent to form abead transverse pintle 28 is an eccentric clip 29 having an integral rigidly connected handle portion'30 which normally extends forward from the clip and downward. Ehe sidebars of the clip 29 are provided with the out wardly projecting studs 31 which engage with eyes formed in the extremity of a U shaped bail or, lockingz'member 32 which 27 Attachedtothis bead by means ofai extends upward; and-over the strip 16 and the plate 1 9 andwhichisnormally disposed in the notches23. It will be seen that whenthe eccentrically mounted clip-29 is in'the position shown .inFig. 1, ,the, spring 25 will exert I a downward tension. upon the U- shaped 'bail 32i'whichwill hold it in place within the notches 23-andthat when in place in these-notches thisibailv will prevent the detachment of the strip 16 fromits engagemen't. with the. stud 24.; I Attachedv to thectm gue, n opposite sides thereof, arethei springsfii whichw spring are connected to the downwardly extend ng, legs of, thdQ-shztped bail or looking member;

thislocliingmember isin engagement r r with the notches 23 these springs 33 are under tension. Attached to the under face of the tongue, and, as illustrated, disposed between the base of the spring 25 and the tongue, is a guard 34 composed of a strip of metal which extends forward and down- 7 ward to a point below the handle 30 of the front of the wa on.

eccentric clip. The spring and this guard 34: may be attached to the tongue by means of a bolt 35 passing up through the spring and guard and through the plate 19.

The evener bar, which is designated 36, as illustrated in Fig. 4, is formed upon its upper and lower face with spherical -or hemispherical pivot studs 36 which, as illustrated, are cast or otherwise formed in one piece with base plates 37 attached to the evener bar, these spherical or hemispherical studs fitting within the sockets 17 and 21, respectively, so that the evener bar has free oscillatory movement as upon a pivot.

Attached to the extremity of the handle member 30 of the eccentric clip 29 is a rod which, however, may be in the form of a flexible connection, this rod extending rearward and being connected to a flexible connection 39 passing upward over a suitable pulley or other support disposed at the This flexible connection may pass up through the dashboard or through the bottom of the wagon and may be connected to a. lever either at the front or rear of the wagon. I do not wish to be limited to any particular manner of mounting this operative connection consisting of the members 38 and 39 as this will vary with different types of vehicles, and whiflie trees are of course to be connected to the evener bar 35. Ordinarily the evener bar will be held, in pivoted position upon the tongue by the engagement in the sockets 17 and 21, the strip 16 being held in operative position by means of the U-shaped locking member 32. Now in case the'draft animals run away or it is desired to detach them from the tongue for any other reason, it is only necessary to pull upon the connection 38 which will draw downward and rearward upon the member 30, thus, after the eccentric clip 29 has turned upon its center, releasing the locking member 32 and permit-v ting the springs 33 to draw the upper end of the locking member forward. This entirely releases the locking strip 16 and the pull ofthe draft animals upon the evener bar pulls it out of the sockets 17 and 21 and frees it entirely from engagement with the tongue. Inasmuch asthe forward end'of the tongue is simply inserted through an opening in the neck yoke, itis obvious that the animals will be completely released from the vehicle and that the vehicle will come to a stop:

While my advice is particularly adapted to poles or tongues, it is obvious that like means may be used in connection with the cross bar of a pair of shafts and the whiilie tree be released from this cross bar by the same means illustrated. Of course under these circumstances provision must be made for releasing the holdback straps from engagement with the shafts so that the forward movement of the draft animal will detach it from the shafts.

lVhile I have illustrated certain details of construction which I have found to be very effective in practice, I do not wish to be limited to these as it is obvious that many changes in these details mightbe made without departing from the spirit of the invention. The ball and socket joint formed by the engagement of the members 36 in the sockets 17 and 21 affords a free movement for the evenor bar and at the same time perinits a ready detaclnnent of the evcnerbar from its'engagement with. the irons 16 and 19 as soon as the wheel 16 is released. This is of course very important inasmuch as any impediment to the complete release of the evener bar would tend to prevent proper U action of the mechanism.

It is obvious that this device may be attached to tongues already constructed with only the necessity of drilling holes for the proper boltsfor rivets whereby to hold the plates 12 and 19 to the upper face of the tongue. It is also obvious that it may be attached to various forms of tongues without material change. 7

Having described the invention, what I claim is 1. The combination with a tongue, of a plate attached to the upper face of the tongue and formed with a concave socket at its 'middle and with upwardly extending flanges at its forward end and with an up wardly extending stud between said flanges, a member hingedly connected at its rear end to the tongue, archingover said plate and formed with a concave socket in alinement with the socket in the plate and also formed with a perforation for the reception of said stud, an eveneribar having'sphe'rical trunnions normally disposed in said sockets, a U-shapedlocking member, an eccentrically pivoted member operatively mounted upon the under face of the tongue and connected to said, U-shaped locking member and hav-- ing an operating extension, said eccentric when turned into onerposition drawing the the upper face of the tongue and having a concave socket and having upwardly ex' tending lateral flanges at 1ts forward end and an upwardly extending stud between the flanges, the flanges'being notched, a

member hinged at its rear end to the tongue '7 and arching over said plate and being formed intermediate its ends with a socket corresponding to the socket in the plate and at its free end with a perforation for the said stud, an evener bar having spherical trunnions normally disposed in said socket, a U-shaped spring mounted upon the under face of the tongue, a clip pivotally mounted upon said spring and having studsprojecting laterally from-it and eccentric to its pivotal axis, said clip having a handle portion, a U-shaped bail having lts ends connected to said studs on the clip and normally dis- 7 posed in the notchesof said flanges, springs urging the U-shaped bail toward the forward end of the tongue, and means attached to said handle portion of the clip whereby it may be rotated against the force of the plates being formed with coacting sockets and spheroidal trunmons, a U-shaped looking member embracing the tongue and arching overthe forward end of the hinged member and 'thevforwarcl end of the plate, a spring'urging the U-shaped locking member forward, means disposed below the Copies of this patent may be obtained for downward to thereby hold the hingedmemtongue for drawing the locking member ber in engagement with'the stud,and manually ing means to thereby free the hinged memoperable means forre'leasing said lock-' 7 ber and permit the evener bar to be with drawn. p

4:. The combination with a tongue, of a plate attached to the upper face of the' tongue, a member hingedly connectedat its rear end to the tongue and arching over said plate, the hinged member and the-plate being formed one with a stud. and the other with a perforation engaging the stud, an

evener bar disposed between the hinged member and the plate, the hinged member and said plate and the evener'bar being formed with coacting sockets and trunnions,

a'U-shaped locking member embracing the: tongue and normally extending over the free end of. the hinged member, a 'U-shaped spring mountedupon the under face of the tongue, an eccentric mounted upon the end of the spring and to which the locking member is pivotally connected, said eccentr1c having a forwardly and downwardly pro- ]ectmg arm, a spring connected to the up perend of the locking member to urge it" forward when itis released from its locking en a 'ement and mea en a in the arm on the eccentric for manually releasing said Y eccentrlc to thereby permit 1t to be shifted upward by the first named spring and for ward by the second named spring; p

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflixmy signature in the presence of two witnesses. V 7 IRL L. PENSE. WVitnesses:

i W. A. LEACH,

D. WV; HOAR.

Washington, D. G3

five cents eaeli, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 

